Tag Archives: Europe

Hotel Review: Olissippo Lapa Palace, Lisbon, Portugal

Posted on November 12, 2017 by findingfoodfluently

Disclaimer: In exchange for this hotel review, I received a stay in Lisbon, Portugal in one of the Olissippo Lapa Palace’s Garden Wing pool rooms. Located in the posh embassy-filled Lapa district of Lisbon, the hotel grounds date to 1870, … Continue reading →

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Tirana’s Piramida (Albania)

Posted on April 4, 2014 by findingfoodfluently

What’s your favorite thing about the word pyramid? Is it that visiting one offers you insight into the world of traffic violations? Or that ordering one for dessert will simultaneously make everyone else at the table hungry no more? Perhaps … Continue reading →

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Belgrade’s Genex Tower (Western City Gate): Dobrodosli, Srbija

Posted on March 14, 2012 by findingfoodfluently

It’s difficult not to notice Brutalism’s most famous legacy to Belgrade, in the form of the Western City Gate (tower), en route from Nikola Tesla Airport. Born and bred in the 1970s, this concrete construct is actually two buildings, one … Continue reading →